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The Gospel at Colonus (1992) The Gospel at Colonus (1992)

San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

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1992-93 A Season To Connect

San Jose State University Theatre Presents

LEE BREUER AND BOB TELSON'S

---the---GOSPEL AT COLO NUS

adapted from the Greek tragedy by Sophocles

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Director's Notes

The theatre is the direct descendent of fertility rites, war dances and all the corporate ritual expressions by means of which our ancient ancestors, often wiser than we, sought to relate themselves to God, or the gods, the great abstracts forces which can not be apprehended by reason, but in whose existence reason compels us to have faith.

On Performance From the very beginning black preaching was different from white preach­ing. It broke all the rules of form and organization. One of the main charac­teristics of black preaching is storytelling. The black preacher must be a master storyteller. In the past there was a script that even those who were illiterate knew. The script was made up from the Bible stories, scriptures and songs that had been passed on. The black preacher not only had to know the script. He had to be able to make the story come alive and at the same time stick with the story because the folk he was preaching to knew the story. In black preaching the preacher has to get outside of himself, or in church language, let the spirit take control. In order for the people to judge the preacher's call to the ministry authentic, at some point in the sermon he has to lose his cool because he isn't supposed to be in charge anyway. Black preaching is body and soul. Black preaching like black religion is historic. It engages the whole person. One of the clear things we can say is that the black religious experience is not just a meeting of the minds. It is an encounter with the living God. When we first started serving God, we didn't serve him with our words, we didn't serve him with our ideas, we danced him. We praised him with our whole being. What implications does this have for drama? Well, in reality, what I do every Sunday is drama, but I am performing for the Lord.

On Production The Gospel at Colonus is an oratio set in black Pentecostal service, in which Greek myth replaces Bible story. It is sung, acted and preached by the characters of the "play".

Choir

Tyrone Davis (Director) * Cheryl D. Barnes *

Nraca Butts * Wanda J. Butts Jae Forsythe *

Stephanie Goodrich Cathie Milner

Gene Murden * Mira/ Morris-Jackson

Karen Rafferty * Pamela Salazar Virginia Walsh

Cheryl White Debra Wilbourne *

Dawn Millee Wright *

San Jose Youth and Young Adult Choir

*soloist

Special Thanks:

Dance Ensemble

Keiri Kamiya-Beth Nathan Beason

NRaca Butts Victoria R. Coverson

Gretchen Dittmer Ron Frausto

Felicia Johnson Tamara Ware

Carca A. Hightower Melissa C. O'Sullivan

Cynthia Patterson Todd R. Smith

Annette H. Stelk Claire H. Umeda

RTVF--Charles Chess, Dance--Janet Van Swoll, Music Department--Ted Lucas, Dean Crane, African American Theatre Co. -- San Francisco, Benny Sato Ambush, A.C.T.--San Francisco, Dr. Ethel Walker, SJSU African American Faculty and Staff Association,Theatreworks, Allison Connor--SJCC, Miral Morris-Jackson, Jo Keel,

Kim Massey, Devin Butler, Sarah Clark, Alice Martin

Orchestra

Leader /Key boards Guitar

Electric Bass Percussion

Drums Saxaphone

Trumpet Organ

Doloras Duran Bill Cefalu Gary Swope Chip Boaz Murray Gusseck Brady Fishier Mar saru Kosa Dwight Cannon Don Bosco

Television Crews

Directors Erik Tomakin Ginny Zydowicz

Floor Managers Byron Jackson Larry Sepe

Camera Vicki T. Abbott David Pineda

Production Assistants Michael Mansell Erica Orovitz

Radio-Television-Film Faculty Advisors

Kim Massey Jim LeFever Tom Clayton David Yohn

Artistic Staff

Director Buddy Butler Vocal Director Baomi Butts-Bhanji Music Director Dwight Cannon

Choreogreographer Tracey Dones Associate Music Director Dolores Duran

Dance Consultant Annette Macdonald

Set & Costume Design John B. Wilson Design Assistant-Costume William G. Hens haw

Design Assistant-Set Mark Ross Make Up Designer Rachelle Adams Lighting Designer Barbara Gotcher

Assistant Lighting Design Rosalinda F erdin Sound Designer Nick Chargin

Technical Director James K. Culley Assistant to the T.D. Adrian Stapleton

Produced through special arrangement with Lisa Lorwin. Monies collected during this performance will be deposited into the The­

atre Arts Schoalrship Fund.

CAST Pastor

Preacher Oedipus Singer Oedipus

Evangelist Antigone

Ismene Creon

Theseus Choragos

The Friend Polyneices The Child

Oedipus Quintet

Choragos Sextet

Ann Johnson Lonnie Ford* Mark Craig Guess Maria-Tania Bandes Soraya Antoinette Knight Debra J. Crenshaw Rudy Morris S edric Bynum Jeffrey Harris Jones Gene Murden Shawn R. Guthrie NRaca Butts Victoria R. Coverson Debra Milbourne H award Morrison Gene Murden Karen L. Rafferty Cecily Allmon Cheryl D. Barnes Magic Mike Claudette Wash Michael Durham Austin Bamberg

Ismene Quintet Ramona Alisia Arellano Tammi Brown Michaun Butts Mayshallee Du'Bois-Green Kim Yafai

* member of Actors Equity appearing courtesy of the African-American Theatre Company of San Francisco

Construction Crews

Scenery Construction

Geoff Nelson, Gary Yamada Travis Richman

students from Drama 52

Cheryl Barnes, Lisa Nishimi Margaret Hebert

students from Drama 10

Timothy Brainer, Tirrell Byrden Robbie Lasater, Boyd Palmer Vincie Randazzo, Ron Roberts Vibeke Strensrud, Phil Torres

Andy Tibbie

Publicity Crew

students from Drama 10

Margarita Arreola Stephanie Acuna Lorena Criones

Reine Garcia, Amanda H eien Gerald Legaspi, Aida Tavarez

Cutter First Hand

Fabric Artist

Mask Construction

Joni Coleman Hector Godoy, Rachelle Adams

Alyssa Erikson, Ardith Gray

Costume Construction

Hector Godoy, James Augustyn students from Drama 52

Paige Adams, Alyssa Erikson Ron Frausto, Soraya Knight

Michael La Mere, Matt Tidwell Janel Tomblin, Martha Trujillo

students from Drama 10

Clay Bratton, Catherine Carina Amelia Garza, Karen King

Jona Martin, Mara Rasa/an Deadra Rubin, Kristi Smith

Leticia Vargas, Dorothy Whitman

Eliza Chugg Joni Coleman Ardith Gray

University Theatre Technical Staff

Stage Technician II Scene Shop Assistants

Costume Shop Director Costume Shop Assistants

Costume Loan Coordinator Prop Room Coordinator

Drama Librarian Lighting Technician

Lighting Assistant Sound Assistant

Steve Placke Cheryl Barnes Jeff Bryant Mitchell K. Matsunaga Eliza Chugg J oni C c>leman Bill Henshaw Theresa Boteilho David Wilkinson Chris Mayer Sandra Marta Manuel Cabanas Barbara Gotcher

University Theatre House Staff

Director of Theatre Managing Coordinator

Publicist Box Office Manager

House Managers

Poster Design Program Layout

Photographer Box Office Crew

Buddy Butier Debra Timmerman Sharon Counts Edith Yau Christine Asakura Bonnie Fields Greg Harsh Debra Timmerman Kristen Burke NickAvdienko Tevz Brasher Bonnie Fields Eric Lopez

ACT ONE

Live Where You Can ............................................ *Tammi Brown & Choir Fair Colonus ........ ........ .................................................................. The Friend Stop Do Not Go On ............................................. Choragos, Choragos Sextet, ................................... ... .. .... ................... ............... Oedipus & Oedipus Quintet How Shall I See You Through My Tears ................................. ... ............. Ismene, ..... .. ............... ... .... .... ... ..... ....... ......... .............. .. .... .. .. Ismene Quintet & Oedipus A Voice Foretold .................................................. Oedipus & Oedipus Quintet No No Never ........................................ Choragos, Choragos Sextet, Oedipus, .. ........ ................................. ..... ............. Oedipus Quintet, Choir & Entire Cast You TakeHimAway ................................................................ Oedipus & Choir AmazingGrace ...................................... *Debra Melbourne, *Karen Rafferty, .......... .. .............................. ... .... *Jae Forsythe,*Dawn Millee Wright & Choir Numberless ........................................................ Ismene Quintet & The Friend

there will be a ten-minute intermission

ACT TWO

Gonna Have A Good Time ................................................... ...................... Chair Lift Me Up ............................................................ Oedipus & Oedipus Quintet Evil ... ............................................. ..................................... ................. Choragos African Gods .............................................................................. Instrumental

*choreographed by Annette Macdonald Battle ........................................................................................... Instrumental Oh Sunlight ....................................................... . Choragos & Choragos Sextet Eternal Sleep ................................ *Cheryl Barnes, Choragos Sextet & Choir Lift Him Up .................................... *Tammi Brown, Choir & Entire Company Let The Weeping Cease ........................ Child, The Friend & Entire Company Gonna Have A Good Time (reprise) .......... .................. .... ........ Entire Company

Production Crews

Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager

Stage Crew Head Stage Crew

Properties Crew Head Properties Crew

Costume Crew Head Costume Crew

Makeup Crew

Light Board Operator Sound Board Operators

Follow Spot Operators

Laura Covault Anna Ruscigno Alex Gonda Vicki Peterson Rebecca Driggers Abdul-Hakim Moquim Gian Carlo G. Paquiz Edith Ramirez Jerre Saucedo Rachel Haws Amy Conners Meghan Koll David Scott Ramona Alisia Channing Kapin Larry Lusher Anna Ruscigno Matt Tidwell Andrew Kerr Kent Johnson Steve Wragg Jacqui Batrez Stephen McClain

American College Theater Festival Presented and Produced by the

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Supported in Part by The Kennedy Center Corporate fund The U.S. Department of Education

Ryder System

This production is an Associate entry in the American College Theater Festival (ACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. to this end, each production entered is eligible for adjudication by a regional ACTF representa­tive, and certain students are selected to participate in ACTF programs, involving awards, scholarships, and special grants for actors, playwrights, designers, and critics at both the regional and national levels.